Accounting for the Semantics of the NP V NP Construction in English
In English the NP1 V NP2 construction typically involves arguments that are construed as Agent and Patient, or Subject and Object. It is associated with the notion of transitivity and analyzed accordingly, even when it exhibits only the syntactic properties of transitivity but not its semantic chara...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of English Studies
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies |
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